County election results unchanged in canvass

No changes in the Lenawee County vote totals that were reported election night are coming out of a county board of canvassers review that started Wednesday.

Canvassers finished checking numbers and election documents late Friday afternoon and found no errors in the unofficial results reported Tuesday night and early Wednesday morning. The closest contest in the county was in Riga Township, where eight votes separated two candidates for township supervisor. Independent Gary Kastel received 374 votes to Republican Kevon Martis’ 366.

Riga Township also had a narrow election in the August primary with a one-vote win that was confirmed in a recount.

Lenawee County Clerk Roxann Holloway said the board of canvassers is to return Tuesday to finish paperwork certifying the election. The election results will then be reported to Lansing.

Holloway said there were no significant problems reported during Tuesday’s election and vote tabulations.

Lenawee County had a 61.45 percent turnout among its 73,527 registered voters.

Raisin Township was among the last to report in with its vote count, Holloway said. Voting in Raisin Township did not end until about 9:30 p.m. when the last people standing in line at 8 p.m. reached the polling booths, she said. Township election workers then had to process about 900 absentee ballots and hand-count a large number of write-in votes, Holloway said.